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Saptaviṁśatikta Guggulu
Saptaviṁśatika Guggulu Vati is a preparation made with the ingredients in Formulation composition given below with Guggulu as the basic ingredient.
Contents
Formulation composition
| Śuṇṭhī API | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 1 part |
| Marica API | Piper nigrum | Fr. | 1 part |
| Pippalī API | Piper longum | Fr. | 1 part |
| Harītakī API | Terminalia chebula | P. | 1 part |
| Bibhītaka API | Terminalia belerica | P. | 1 part |
| Āmalakī API | Emblica officinalis | P. | 1 part |
| Kuṣṭha API | Saussurea lappa | Rt. | 1 part |
| Viḍaṅga API | Embelia ribes | Fr. | 1 part |
| Amṛtā (Guḍūcī API) | Tinospora cordifolia | St. | 1 part |
| Citraka API | Plumbago zeylanica | Rt | 1 part |
| Śatī API | Hedychium spicatum | Rz. | 1 part |
| Elā (Sūkṣmailā API) | Elettaria cardamomum | Sd. | 1 part |
| Pippalīmūla API | Piper longum | Rt. | 1 part |
| Havuṣā (Hapuṣā API) | Juniperus communis | Fr. | 1 part |
| Suradāru (Devadāra API) | Cedrus deodara | Ht. Wd. | 1 part |
| Tumburu (Tejovatī API) | Zanthoxylum aromaticum | Fr. | 1 part |
| Puṣkara API | Saussurea lappa | Rt. | 1 part |
| Cavya API | Piper chaba | St. | 1 part |
| Viśālā (Rakta Indravāruṇī API) | Citrullus colocynthi | Rt. | 1 part |
| Haridrā API | Curcuma longa | Rz. | 1 part |
| Dāruharidrā API | Berberis aristata | St. | 1 part |
| Viḍa Lavaṇa API | 1 part | ||
| Sauvarcala Lavaṇa API | 1 part | ||
| Yavakṣāra (Yava API) | Hordeum vulgare Water soluble ash of | Pl | . 1 part |
| Sarjikā Kṣāra (Svarjī Kṣāra API) | 1 part | ||
| Saindhava Lavaṇa API | 1 part | ||
| Gajapippalī API | Scindapsus officinalis | Fr. | 1 part |
| Guggulu-Śuddha API | Commiphora wightii | O.R. | 54 parts |
Method of preparation
- Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
- Wash, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 21 and 27 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve numbered 85. Powder the ingredients numbered 22 to 26 of theformulation composition separately and pass through sieve number 85. Weigh them all separately in the required quantities and mix.
- Crush weighed quantity of Śuddha-Guggulu, add fine powder of other mixed ingredients to it and pound well.
- Add Ghṛta in small quantity at regular intervals for smooth pounding and continue pounding till a semi-solid uniformly mixed mass of suitable plasticity is obtained[1]
Description
- Dark brown spherical pills with spicy pleasant odour, salty, bitter and astringent taste.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed container. Protect from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Hṛcchula (angina pectoris), Kāsa (cough), Śvāsa (asthma), Pārśvasūla (inter costal neuralgia), Śotha (inflammation), Arśa (piles), Bhagandara (fistula-in-ano), Kukṣi Rujā (pelvic pain), Vaktra Rujā (pain in mouth), Guda Rujā (pain in anus), Aśmarī (calculus), Mūtrakṛcchra (dysuria), Āntravṛddhi (hernia), Kṛmi (worm infestation), Jvara (fever), Kṣaya (pthisis), Apasmāra (epilepsy), Ānāha (distension of abdomen), Unmāda (psychosis), Kuṣṭha (skin diseases), Udara (diseases of abdomen), Nāḍvṛana (sinus), Duṣṭavṛana (non-healing ulcer), Prameha (increased frequency and turbidity of urine), Ślīpada (filariasis).
Dose
- 12-3 g daily in divided doses.
Anupāna
- Warm water and honey.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Loss on drying | Not more than 13 per cent |
| Total ash | Not more than 17 per cent |
| Acid-insoluble ash | Not more than 4 per cent |
| Alcohol-soluble extractive | Not less than 25 per cent |
| Water-soluble extractive | Not less than 35 per cent |
| pH (1% aqueous solution) | 4.5 to 5.0 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 180.
